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Exactly. Ive is a British citizen and the story was broken in the Financial Times, a British newspaper. Maybe we should have just referred to plain "Barack Oba
by Doctor_Fegg 7y ago
Exactly. Ive is a British citizen and the story was broken in the Financial Times, a British newspaper.
Maybe we should have just referred to plain "Barack Obama" over here because fuck this President shit, we don't have an elected head of state in the United Kingdom?
- founderling 7y agoand the story was broken in the Financial Times, a British newspaper. He is quoting and criticizing the Apple website.
- acomjean 7y agoPresident is his job. Best I can tell, Sir is a title bestowed by the monarchy on people they like.
- Doctor_Fegg 7y agoAccording to Wikipedia: > all living former U.S. Presidents continue to be addressed as "Mr. President" President isn't Obama's job any more. Sadly.
- wyclif 7y agoKnighthood isn't bestowed on people the monarchy likes, it's given to citizens who contribute greatly and above expectations to England's civilian, military, and peacetime achievements.
- foldr 7y agoNo, the recipients of knighthoods are not generally decided by the monarchy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honours_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honours_Committee (Do you think the Queen was enthusiastic about knighting Elton John or Mick Jagger? https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-real-reason-queen-elizabeth-ii-refused-to-personally-knight-mick-jagger.html/ https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-real-reason-que...) Also, not all jobs come with an associated title. I'm a software engineer, but people don't refer to me as Software Engineer Joe Bloggs. "President" absolutely is used as a title. This is especially clear with former presidents, who retain the title. (E.g. George Bush, who isn't president, is still President Bush.)